Bug 475558

Summary:	camera-on icon should probably use a red instead of green circle
Product:	[Plasma] Breeze	Reporter:	ninjalj
Component:	Icons	Assignee:	visual-bugs-null
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kainz.a, kde, m, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.27.8
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/breeze-icons/-/commit/27275e34360823a33d641c5a2c03daa6edcc41d8	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	6.0
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Description ninjalj 2023-10-13 10:09:45 UTC

As discussed at https://pointieststick.com/2023/09/29/this-week-in-kde-time-for-the-new-features/#comment-38277 , I'd expected a recording action to be associated with a red circle, not a green circle.

The gnome guys appear to have gone with a more subdued orange color, that still conveys a warning connotation: 
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2840#note_1791199

See also https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/41434/why-is-the-record-icon-always-round-and-usually-red

https://pointieststick.com/2023/09/29/this-week-in-kde-time-for-the-new-features/#comment-38309 notes that Android 12 also uses a green dot, but I wonder if that is actually telling something about Google's respect for user privacy.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-10-28 19:41:22 UTC

Git commit 27275e34360823a33d641c5a2c03daa6edcc41d8 by Nate Graham.
Committed on 28/10/2023 at 21:35.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

Use NegativeText rather than PositiveText for camera-on indicator dot

Conceptually, we want to communicate to the user that something
potentially noteworthily risky is happening, and this does it.

From a practical perspective, the negative text color is generally red,
and a red dot commonly communicates "recording right now".
FIXED-IN: 6.0

M  +3    -3    icons/status/16/camera-on.svg
M  +3    -3    icons/status/22/camera-on.svg

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/breeze-icons/-/commit/27275e34360823a33d641c5a2c03daa6edcc41d8